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Cabinet
Signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of Cybersecurity between India and Japan
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing a Memorandum of Cooperation  in the field of cybersecurity between India and Japan.
The MoC will enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest, which include inter-alia, capacity building in the area of cyberspace; protection of critical infrastructure; cooperation in emerging technologies; sharing information on cyber security threats/incidents and malicious cyber activities, as well as best practices to counter them; Developing joint mechanisms for practical cooperation to mitigate cyber threats to the security of Information Communication Technology  infrastructure etc.
India and Japan commit to an open, interoperable, free, fair, secure and reliable cyberspace environment and to promote the Internet as an engine of innovation, economic growth, and trade and commerce that would be consistent with their respective domestic laws and international obligations, and with their wide-ranging strategic partnership.
Both sides, through the MoC, affirm cooperation in the international arena including in the United Nations; Discussing and sharing strategies and best practices to promote the integrity of the supply chain of ICT products; Strengthening the security of ICT infrastructure through Government-to-Government and Business-to-Business cooperation; Continuing dialogue and engagement in Internet governance fora, and to support active participation by all the stakeholders of the two countries in these fora.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Home Ministry sanctions Women Help Desks in Police Stations across the country
Ministry of Home Affairs has sanctioned a sum Rs. 100 crores from Nirbhaya Fund for setting up/strengthening of Women Help Desks in Police Stations. This scheme would be implemented by the States and Union Territories.
Women Help Desks would focus on making the Police Stations more women friendly and approachable, as they would be the first and single point of contact for any woman walking into a police station. Essentially, lady police officers would be deployed at these help desks.
The officials of Women Help Desk would be trained to be sensitive towards women. These help desks would have enlisted panel of experts like lawyers, psychologists and NGOs to facilitate legal aid, counseling, shelter, rehabilitation and training etc.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Comments invited on All India Tourist Vehicles Authorization and Permit Rules, 2020
New Rules proposed to promote tourism across the country, and enhance revenue of the States
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification for amendment to National Permit regime under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 for promoting tourism across the country. The Ministry is in the pursuit of providing seamless movement to the tourist passenger vehicles after the success of goods carriage vehicle under National Permit Regime. This motive has culminated into a new set of rules, which henceforth will be known as, “All India Tourist Vehicles Authorization and Permit Rules, 2020” published vide GSR 425 dated 01 July 2020 for public and stakeholders consultation, which shall go a long way in promoting tourism across the States in our country on one side, while enhancing the revenue of State Governments. The same was discussed in the 39Th Transport Development Council Meeting and was appreciated and concurred by the state participants.
Under this new scheme, any tourist vehicle operator may apply for an “All India Tourist Authorization/Permit” through online mode. All such authorizations/permits shall be issued, after all relevant documents submitted as stipulated in the rules and due nationwide fees deposited towards such authorization/permit, within 30 days of submission of such applications, subject to all compliances being met by such an applicant as one stop solution.
Moreover, the scheme entails flexibility in the form of authorization/permit being granted, as the case may be, and shall be valid for a period of three months or its multiples thereof not exceeding three years at a time. This provision has been incorporated keeping in mind those areas of our country where there is a limited season of tourism and also for those operators who have limited financial capacity.
This scheme will render consolidation of a central database and fees of all such authorization/permits, which might give a sense of tourist movements, scope of improvement, promotion of tourism and help increase revenues generated through such registrations.
All existing permits shall continue to be in force during their validity.
Travel and tourism industry in our country have increased manifold in last ten-fifteen years. The growth has been contributed by both domestic and international tourists, and there is a trend of high expectation and consumer experience.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
National Commission for Women Urges Chief Secretaries To Take Measures To Close Gender Gap In Vaccination
Need To Create Public Health Awareness So That More And More Women Are Vaccinated On Priority: NCW Chairperson
‘Centre Has Been Running Intensified Vaccination Drives To Reach Every Nook & Cranny Of The Country’
The National Commission for Women, taking cognisance of a media report which highlights low uptake of COVID-19 jabs among women, has written to Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs urging them to take measures to close the gender gap in vaccination and to ensure that women are not left behind in the vaccination drive. The gap in immunisation coverage between the two genders is a matter of great concern for the Commission and therefore, Chairperson, Ms Rekha Sharma, in the letter, has mentioned that there is an urgent need to increase the proportion of women coming to vaccination booths for receiving the vaccine so that the gap in immunization coverage can be corrected.
The letter also mentions that there is also a need to create public health awareness so that more and more women are vaccinated on priority. A copy of the letter has also been sent to Health Secretaries of all the states. The media report had highlighted that the current gender-gap in administering vaccines is significantly more among elderly population than the younger females. It reflects the existing gender stereotypes in the society due to which women are being left behind and the reasons include unequal access to resource and technology for both genders.
In the letter, NCW has mentioned that in many households, women’s health is not considered a priority as compared to men if they do not work outside the home and end up getting less preference for vaccination. However, women being the primary care-givers are more likely to get infected while taking care of any sick member of the family.
NCW has written that the Centre has been running intensified vaccination drives to reach every nook and cranny of the country along with regular campaigns to dispel misinformation and rumours about any side-effects of the vaccine. The state government should also continue the campaigns so as to ensure correct information reaches to the remotest part of India.
The National Commission for Women is the apex national level organisation with the mandate of protecting and promoting the interests of women under the aegis of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves Agreement between India and Peru
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved an Agreement between India and Peru which was signed in May, 2018 at Lima, Peru.
The agreement aims to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable issues on the basis of mutual benefit equality and reciprocity. The Agreement envisages establishing a Joint Committee to develop Work Plans in order to implement the Agreement.
The Agreement will help in strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Floods and Drought Forecasting
Central Water Commission  issues flood forecasts as a non-structural measure of flood management throughout the country. CWC also issues inflow forecasts to identified reservoirs for proper reservoir regulations during floods. Flood forecast formulation methodology used by CWC includes gauge to gauge correlation technique for short range  forecasting and numerical modelling technique for 5 days advisory forecasts. Presently, flood forecasts are issued by CWC at 331 stations  in the country as per Standard Operating Procedure.
India Meteorological Department  supports flood warning services of CWC by providing observed and forecasted rainfall. CWC is working in close association with IMD and State Governments for timely flood forecast whenever the river water levels rise above warning level. In order to meet specific requirements of flood forecasting by CWC, IMD operates Flood Meteorological Offices  at fourteen locations viz., Agra, Ahmedabad, Asansol, Bhubaneshwar, Bengaluru, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jalpaiguri, Lucknow, New Delhi, Patna, Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram. Apart from this, IMD also supports Damodar Valley Corporation .
In order to cater to the services of hydro-meteorological events occurring in short duration of time, IMD is issuing Flash Flood Guidance  by which a diagnostic value within a watershed required to produce flooding at the outlet of the catchment is estimated, to support the flood warning services.
IMD provides actual and forecast rainfall information in different spatial and temporal scales like districts, States & meteorological subdivisions level and daily, weekly & seasonal scale to the Ministry of Agriculture for drought monitoring.
North Eastern Space Applications Centre /DOS has developed and operationalized Flood Early Warning System  for Assam since 2012 till date, with funding from Assam State Disaster Management Authority .
CWC has taken up the work of Early Flood Warning System in Ganga Basin, including inundation forecast under National Hydrology Project  covering 11 states of Ganga basin.
Under NHP, National Remote Sensing Centre /ISRO has developed medium range spatial flood early warning models for Tapi and Godavari river basins, using space based inputs in collaboration with CWC.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, ShriBishweswarTuduin a written reply in LokSabha today.
President's Secretariat
President’s greetings on the eve of Vaisakhi, Vishu, Rongali Bihu, Naba Barsha, Vaisakhadi, Puthandu Pirappu
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind in his message on the eve of Vaisakhi, Vishu, Rongali Bihu, Naba Barsha, Vaisakhadi, Puthandu Pirappu which are being celebrated on 14th and 15th April, 2018 has said:-
“On the auspicious occasion of Vaisakhi, Vishu, Rongali Bihu, Naba Barsha, Vaisakhadi, Puthandu Pirappu, I extend my warm greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens. These festivals symbolize the importance and respect given to hard work in our tradition.
These festivals, celebrated in various ways in different parts of our country, reflect our diversity and pluralistic traditions and highlight the unity and understanding so characteristic of our social ethos.
On this joyous occasion, let us resolve to work hard to bring peace, prosperity and happiness and also to spread the message of unity and fraternity for the progress of our beloved nation”.
Ministry of Heavy Industries
Power Plant flexibilisation and implementation of Industry 4.0 are important for enhancing power generation with accent on reducing carbon emissions : Sh. Krishan Pal Gurjar
Minister of State for Power & Heavy Industries inaugurates Webinar on
‘Power Plant Flexibilisation – A Key to Grid Stability’
As part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, Sh. Krishan Pal Gurjar, Minister of State for Power & Heavy Industries, inaugurated a webinar on ’Power Plant Flexibilisation – A Key to Grid Stability’ and ‘Industry 4.0 – Success with Smart Solutions’, held at BHEL’s Electronics Division, Bengaluru, today. Inaugurated via video conferencing, the webinar was graced by senior officials of BHEL’s customer organisations, industry associations and technology partners. More than 800 participants logged-in to the webinar while several others watched the proceedings through webcast mode.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that BHEL is working towards the progress of the nation by providing superior engineering systems in power and industrial sectors, including products and services. He said that power plant flexibilisation and implementation of Industry 4.0 are important for enhancing power generation with accent on reducing carbon emissions and said that he was glad to know that BHEL has already started offering solutions in the areas of power plant flexibilisation and Industry 4.0 to customers.
Earlier, Dr Nalin Shinghal, CMD, BHEL, while addressing the participants, said that BHEL has made noteworthy efforts towards meeting the infrastructural needs of the nation and referred to the numerous developments taken up in this direction. He also said that BHEL’s Electronics Division, Bengaluru played a key role in offering control systems and IT-based solutions for power plants and Traction.
Addresses were also delivered by Sh. K.V.S. Baba, CMD, POSOCO; Mr. Sami Riekkola, President of Valmet Automation, Finland and Sh. B.C. Mallick Chief Engineer, CEA, besides other eminent speakers from NTPC, Valmet Automation, Steag, IESA, IIT-Chennai and BHEL.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Unsustainable lifestyles of the developed nations, even today, putting the whole world at risk: Shri Bhupender Yadav
India spearheading one of the most ambitious clean energy transitions in the world.
Our Nationally Determined Contributions are ambitious, making a significant contribution towards achieving the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav delivered a Special Address in the inaugural session of the 21st edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit 2022 on 16th Feb 2022. WSDS is the annual flagship event by The Energy and Resources Institute .
The Minister stressed that “to address global environmental challenges, including climate change, we must act now on the basis of agreed globally rules taking into account the principles of Equity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities. The Paris Agreement goals cannot be reached unless equity is implemented by all countries staying within their fair share of the global carbon budget. Our goal should be equitable sustainable development and equity in climate actions. Only then, ‘climate justice’ can be achieved”.
He further added that approach to utilization of resources must be based on ‘Mindful and Deliberate Utilization’ and not ‘Mindless and Destructive consumption’. The goal of L.I.F.E  that the Prime Minister of India unveiled at COP 26 at Glasgow, should be adopted by the world to safeguard humanity and the planet. “Those who have contributed the most in taking the world in the wrong direction, must also make the maximum effort to come back to the path of sustainability”, said Shri Yadav
Considering the critical need for saving the environment, the Minister underlined that while the industrial revolution has brought prosperity to countries, it has come at a huge cost to the environment. “Notwithstanding the adverse impacts of the pandemic on the economy, India has in fact enhanced its climate ambition. India is spearheading one of the most ambitious clean energy transitions in the world.
The Minister further stated that the inclusive and sustainable macro-economic development of India requires that both adaptation and mitigation objectives of the country are uniformly and equitably responded, within the larger goal of meeting our people’s aspirations and needs. Our latest Union budget has reaffirmed our determination to go down this path.
Concluding his address with the need for equity, he said that the “developed countries must respond on their part with due ambition and must meet both their promises – of reducing emissions drastically by changing their lifestyles and providing the developing countries with increased finance and technology support’’.
Special Service and Features
The Tenth Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services  was held in Bonn, Germany, preceded by regional consultations and a Stakeholder Day
Dr. Nandhivarman Muthu attended the negotiation as an observer from APSCC, and Coordinator, Office of Green Campus, Pondicherry University, India, and spoke on behalf of the Open-ended Network of Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services  said, on the closing day of the delegation the Plenary approved the new “Invasive Alien Species” assessment, as well as the new planned assessments, recognizing their roles in supporting the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and other international agreements and the tremendous work done by all authors on the assessment. In addition to all the Member States contributions, India Focal Point Dr. Achuta Nand Shukla from the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change and Chairman C. Achalender Reddy, IFS  of the National Biodiversity Authority’s intervention in the assessment sculptured it further said Dr. Nandhivarman Muthu.
He added in his statement, that we stand ready to play our part in supporting the uptake of the Invasive Alien Species assessment report in our respective countries.
Propagating the findings of the report in the Puducherry region would be led jointly by Pondicherry University , the Department for Science, Technology, & Environment , the Department of Forest and Wildlife , and the Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities  in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change  and National Biodiversity Authority , considering the transboundary nature. Such collaborative work will facilitate the engagement of diverse stakeholders to take this further to halt and reverse biodiversity loss for the common good said Dr. Nandhivarman Muthu.
Special Service and Features
INTEGRATED AYUSH SYSTEM OF MEDICINE FOUND EFFECTIVE IN TREATING COVID 19 PATIENTS SIDDHA MEDICAL CARE CENTRES TO BE SET UP ALL OVER TAMIL NADU
Covid 19 pandemic has rekindled the faith in the adage " prevention is better than cure" and the importance of enhancing the natural immunity. UNION Ayush Ministry sent advisories to all state governments regarding holistic approach of AYUSH systems of medicine that focus on prevention of covid19 infection through lifestyle modification, dietary management, and improving immunity. Ayurveda emphasises on avoidance of causative factors and enhancing the immunity while Homoeopathy stresses on preventive factors. Realising the immense support provided by the Indian medicine in treatment and prevention of Covid-19,
State Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar had said that Siddha care centres will be set up in all the districts of Tamil Nadu. He said that more than 75,000 patients have been treated under Ayush medicine systems in the state. Dr S. KamarajTiruchirapalli District Siddha medical officer said that with the approval of Trichy collector, Siddha care centre will be opened in the district within one or two days. He said that Siddha medical care centre was started in Karur and Perambalur each with 200 bed facility. In Ariyalur, 100 bed facility Siddha medical care centre was opened on Friday by government chief whip Shri ThamaraiRajendran and collector Smt D Rathna. Each special medical centre will have one Allopathy doctor one Siddha doctor and 8 health workers including nurses. In the Siddha medical centres Siddha doctors are available for duty on rotation basis. Covid 19 patients are treated in the special medical centres and given nutritious food alongwith Siddha immunity enhancing medicines. They are made to do special yoga exercises for five days. The doctor said that most of the patients are being discharged after seven days of treatment completely cured and healthy. He says that in central districts of Ariyalur, Perambalur, Karur and Pudukottai, Siddha medical centres are treating covid 19 patients who are not critically ill. Those with severe symptoms are referred to Government Covid19 facilities. Dr Kamaraj said that all discharged covid 19 patients are given Arogya health kit. This Aarogyapettakam kit includes amukkurachurana tablets, nellikkalehyam and kabasurakudineer packets. Nellikkalehyam should be taken 5 to 10 gm every morning and night. Amukkurachuranam tablets should be given after food twice a day. He advised everybody to take kabasurakudineer by boiling one or two gram kabasurakudineer in 100 ml water . Adults should take 30 ml kabasurakudineer and children should be given 15 ml for a month.
Increasing immunity is sacrosanct in combating covid 19 pandemic. Integrated system of medicine like ayurveda, siddha have so far proved to be highly effective and this greatly contributed to stop the spread of covid 19 disease. The wisdom of our forefathers have rightly helped our nation more convincingly at a time the whole world is grappling with a pandemic even as the scientists are toiling day and night to find a workable vaccine.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
220.60 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
1,27,274 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 1,785
Active cases stand at 0.01%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.81%
81 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,41,51,108
96 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
91.65 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 1,36,722 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Osamu Suzuki, Senior Advisor, Suzuki Motor Corporation
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met Mr. Osamu Suzuki, Senior Advisor, Suzuki Motor Corporation on 23 May 2022 in Tokyo. During the meeting, Prime Minister recalled Mr. Suzuki’s association and contribution in India and appreciated the transformational role of Suzuki Motors in the automotive industry of India. They appreciated that Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. were among the applicants approved under Production Linked Incentives  scheme in automobile and auto component sector.
They discussed further investment opportunities in India including setting up of production facilities for electric vehicles and batteries as well recycling centres, for realizing the goal of sustainable growth. They also discussed strategies for building the local innovation system in India, including skill development through Japan-India Institutes of Manufacturing  and Japanese Endowed Courses .
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister cheers Roshibina Devi Naorem on winning Silver Medal in Wushu, Women’s Sanda 60 kg category
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has praised Roshibina Devi Naorem on winning Silver Medal in Wushu, Women’s Sanda 60 kg category at Asian Games.
The Prime Minister posted on X;
“Our dedicated and talented Roshibina Devi Naorem has won a Silver Medal in Wushu, Women’s Sanda 60 kg. She has showcased extraordinary talent and relentless pursuit of excellence. Her discipline and determination are also admirable. Congratulations to her.”